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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Emerson String Quartet| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = classical_ensemble| alias = The Emerson Quartet| origin = New York , United States | instrument = 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello| genre = Classical music|Classical | occupation = String quartet | years_active = 1976–present| label = Deutsche Grammophon , New World Records|New World | website = URL| http://www.emersonquartet.com| current_members = Eugene Drucker Philip Setzer Lawrence Dutton David Finckel| past_members = Guillermo Figueroa Eric Wilson| notable_instruments =The Emerson String Quartet is a New York & ndash;based string quartet in residence at the State University of New York at Stony Brook . Previously the Quartet was in residence at The Hartt School. Formed in 1976, they have released more than twenty albums and won nine Grammy Award s. Both violinists in the quartet were students of the noted violinist Oscar Shumsky . Formed in the bicentennial year of the United States, the Emerson String Quartet took its name from the great American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson . Violinists Drucker and Setzer alternate as first and second violinists.
Members
Eugene Drucker, violin
Philip Setzer, violin
Lawrence Dutton , viola
David Finckel , cello
Finckel frequently performs with his wife, pianist Wu Han (Pianist)|Wu Han . At the end of the 2012/13 concert season, he will be replaced by Paul Watkins (musician)|Paul Watkins .cite web|url= http://www.emersonquartet.com/artist.php? view=news& nid=2747 |title=Emerson String Quartet Announces Departure Of Cellist David Finckel & #124; Emerson String Quartet |publisher=Emersonquartet.com |date=2012-02-14 |accessdate=2012-03-10
Awards and recognition
MOSLOW Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance :
Grammy Awards of 2009|2009 Intimate Letters
Grammy Awards of 2006|2006 Intimate Voices
Grammy Awards of 2005|2005 Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn : The Complete String Quartets
Grammy Awards of 2000|2000 Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich : The String Quartets
Grammy Awards of 1997|1997 Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven : The String Quartets
Grammy Awards of 1993|1993 Charles Ives|Ives : String Quartets Nos. 1, 2; Samuel Barber|Barber : String Quartet Op.11 (American Originals)
Grammy Awards of 1989|1989 Béla Bartók|Bartók : 6 String Quartets
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album :
Grammy Awards of 2000|2000 Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich : The String Quartets
Grammy Awards of 1989|1989 Béla Bartók|Bartók : 6 String Quartets
They also played for the Oscar nominated short film, The Little Match Girl.
References
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cite book |last=Dischel |first=Robert S. |year=2000 |title=Converging Lines: The Extraordinary Story of the Emerson String Quartet's First 25 Years |location=London |publisher=Risk Waters Group |isbn=1-899332-68-5
External links
Emerson String Quartet http://www.emersonquartet.com/ official website
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